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Shadow Spell

Nora Roberts · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 339
Format: Paperback

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts comes a trilogy about the land we're drawn to, the family we learn to cherish, and the people we long to love ... Book Two of The Cousins O'Dwyer TrilogyShadow SpellWith the legends and lore of Ireland running through his blood,...
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Past Tense: A Jack Reacher Novel

Lee Child · Delacorte Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Family secrets come back to haunt Jack Reacher in this electrifying thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child, "a superb craftsman of suspense" (Entertainment Weekly) . Jack Reacher hits the pavement and sticks out his thumb. He plans to follow the sun on an epic...
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The Banh Mi Handbook: Recipes for Crazy-Delicious Vietnamese Sandwiches

Andrea Nguyen · Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover

A cookbook devoted to the beloved Vietnamese sandwich, with 50 recipes ranging from classic fillings to innovative modern combinations.Created by Vietnamese street vendors a century or so ago, banh mi is a twist on the French snack of pâté and bread that is as brilliant as it is addictive...
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The Rule of Thoughts

James Dashner · Delacorte
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

From James Dashner, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Maze Runner series, which includes The Maze Runner - now a #1 movie worldwide - and The Scorch Trials - soon to be a major motion picture from Twentieth Century Fox that hits theaters on September 18, 2015 - comes The Rule...
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White Colander Crime

Victoria Hamilton · Berkley Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

In the new Vintage Kitchen Mystery from the author of No Mallets Intended, the Heritage Society is re-creating a perfect Victorian Christmas - until good tidings go bad... Queensville has great expectations for their Dickens Days festival. A tourist-trade boon boom means a big turnout for the opening...
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The Last Ranch: A Novel of the New American West

Michael Mcgarrity · Dutton
Pages: 525
Format: Print book

The grand saga of an American ranching family continues in The Last Ranch, the final, mesmerizing book of New York Times bestseller Michael McGarrity's gripping and richly authentic American West trilogy.When Matthew Kerney returns to his ranch in the beautiful San Andres Mountains after...
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Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

Jocko Willink · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

An instant New York Times bestsellerSent to the most violent battlefield in Iraq, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin's SEAL task unit faced a seemingly impossible mission: help U.S. forces secure Ramadi, a city deemed "all but lost." In gripping firsthand accounts of heroism, tragic...
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Alex Cross, Run

James Patterson · Vision; 1st paperback edition edition
Format: Book

Detective Alex Cross arrests renowned plastic surgeon Elijah Creem for sleeping with teenage girls. Now, his life ruined, Creem is out of jail, and he's made sure that no one will recognize him--by giving himself a new face. A young woman is found hanging from a sixth-floor window,...
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Closer to the Heart: Book Two of Herald Spy

Mercedes Lackey · Daw Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Mags was a Herald of Valdemar. But he had once lived the brutal life of a child slave. When he was Chosen by his Companion Dallen, his young life was saved, and he slowly adjusted to being well fed, educated, and treasured as a trainee in the Herald's Collegium at Haven. Singled out by the King's...
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The New Food Lover's Companion

Ron Herbst · Barron's Educational Series; 5 edition
Format: Paperback

The fifth edition of this widely praised and highly esteemed reference guide has been updated with new information to reflect the way we eat in today's world. The authors have taken into account our healthier lifestyles and more diverse palates to include:Over 500 new listings, including...
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The Microbiome Solution: A Radical New Way to Heal Your Body from the Inside Out

Dr. Robynne Chutkan M.D. · Avery
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

The author of Gutbliss and one of today's preeminent gastroenterologists distills the latest research on the microbiome into a practical program for boosting overall health. Michael Pollan's widely discussed New York Times article, "Some of My Best Friends Are Germs,"...
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Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives

Gretchen Rubin · Crown Publishers
Pages: 298
Format: Print book

New York Times Bestseller Washington Post Bestseller The author of the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers, The Happiness Project and Happier at Home, tackles the critical question: How do we change? Gretchen Rubin's answer: through habits. Habits are the invisible architecture...
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The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science Is Still a Boys' Club

Eileen Pollack · Beacon Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A bracingly honest exploration of why there are still so few women in the hard sciences, mathematics, engineering, and computer science In 2005, when Lawrence Summers, then president of Harvard, asked why so few women, even today, achieve tenured positions in the hard sciences, Eileen Pollack...
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Vegetable Literacy: Cooking and Gardening with Twelve Families from the Edible Plant Kingdom, with over 300 Deliciously Simple Recipes

Deborah Madison · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 405
Format: Book

In her latest cookbook, Deborah Madison, America's leading authority on vegetarian cooking and author of Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, reveals the surprising relationships between vegetables, edible flowers, and herbs within the same botanical families, and how understanding these connections...
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Batman Vol. 6: Graveyard Shift

Scott Snyder · DC Comics
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

In the wake of the death of his son Damian, Batman is in danger of losing his humanity. However, the foes of this grief-ridden Dark Knight mean to strike him when he's at his weakest. Has Batman's worst foe become... Bruce Wayne?Plus, three pivotal chapters from the epic ZERO YEAR...
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